Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem...
by bArray on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:33AM
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> I thought about your comment re: video and I did some more poking around online since I was hoping to avoid having to do a fresh install. I tried updating my video codecs and now Netflix/Hulu works! Hooray!
Yeah, it's important to pull updates regularly :) In general many of the bugs you'll come across will end up being fixed sooner or later, so it's worth checking regularly.
> Whoa, is that the reason why some websites are eating a ton of memory?? Is this common?
That and just the poor use of JS. Most websites really don't need JS. I use mbasic.facebook.com instead of facebook.com as it'll run without JS, plus you have to manually refresh to get any kind of notification.
Yeah, it's important to pull updates regularly :) In general many of the bugs you'll come across will end up being fixed sooner or later, so it's worth checking regularly.
> Whoa, is that the reason why some websites are eating a ton of memory?? Is this common?
That and just the poor use of JS. Most websites really don't need JS. I use mbasic.facebook.com instead of facebook.com as it'll run without JS, plus you have to manually refresh to get any kind of notification.